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Gasoline prices this summer will be the lowest in three years as people drive less and use more fuel-efficient cars, the U.S. Energy Information Administration is predicting. After an early run-up to...

HELSINKI (AP) , Vladimir Putin, banned in Finland? Finnish police say the Russian president's name was mistakenly placed on a secret criminal register that could theoretically have gotten him arrested at the border.

LONDON (AP) , Tourists, exchange students, masters of the financial universe and other business travelers: It's time to buckle up. More pollution is likely to mean bumpier flights for trans-Atlantic travelers, researchers say, predicting increased turbulence over the North Atlantic as carbon dioxide levels rise.

In the chaotic aftermath of a Houston campus mass stabbing Tuesday, a Lone Star Community College student gave a brutally honest interview with Fox News, lamenting the fact that students can't carry firearms to protect themselves and others.

One suspect has been arrested in a suspected stabbing attack at a Houston-area community college campus, where 14 people were injured Tuesday morning. Robert Raza, a spokesman with Cy-Fair EMS, confirmed to Fox 26 News that there were 14 total victims at the Lone Star College Cy-Fair Campus, 12 of whom were taken to hospitals.

CYPRESS, Texas (AP) , A sheriff's official says one person has been arrested in a suspected stabbing attack at a Houston-area community college campus. Alan Bernstein of the Harris County Sheriff's Office...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Congress ought to step into the arena of college sports and investigate whether the NCAA has too much power over athletes. He said the move is necessary because of numerous complaints made about the National Collegiate Athletic Association and its system of enforcement, which some view as biased. Mr.

BEIRUT , Al Qaeda's branch in Iraq said it has merged with Syria's extremist Jabhat al-Nusra, a move that shows the rising confidence of radicals within the Syrian rebel movement and is likely to trigger renewed fears among its international backers.

The U.S. Navy will next year deploy a working shipborne laser to shoot down drones and disable small vessels, officials said Monday at the services' annual Air-Sea-Space Expo, touting the futuristic weapon as a cost-saving measure.

Gun control, meet taxes. That's the new state- and local-government plan to crack down on firearms purchases, as officials await federal policy reform. Politico reported that a new policy in Chicago kicked in just last week, requiring all gun owners to pay $25 in tax on each gun purchase. California legislators want to take that idea a step further.

A Jewish university that proposes awarding former President Jimmy Carter with a peace award has sparked the outrage of pro-Israel activists, who say he's done little, if anything, to advance their cause. Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is set to bestow the International Advocate for Peace award on Mr. Carter on Wednesday, the Washington Free Beacon reported.

Japan is taking seriously threats from North Korea, and on Tuesday deployed missile-defense shields at three of its Tokyo sites. The move came a day after Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said any deployment of the nation's missile-defense system would remain secret, CNN reported. "It would show our strategy to North Korea," he said.

The Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed President Obama's appointment of Mary Jo White to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ms. White, a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District...

Beginning a week of high pressure on gun control, the White House on Monday accused some Republican senators of cowardice for planning to filibuster gun legislation without allowing the full Senate to vote on President Obama's initiatives.

A Chinese mother of two died following a sterilization procedure that government family planners forced her to undergo, over the objections of her doctor. Shen Hongxia, 42, leaves behind a husband and two children, Life News reported.